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Canonical is trying to raise $32M for Ubuntu Edge smartphone

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu OS is working on Ubuntu Touch also called Ubuntu for Mobile or Ubuntu for phones for quite some time now. Canonical now wants its users to fund a Ubuntu Edge smartphone, it turned to Indiegogo for crowd funding the project. It aims to raise $32 million for building this phone Ubuntu Edge to demonstrate the platform as well as to give a truly open phone to the world.
$32million is a very high amount, it has a month from now on to receive donations. Casual backers can pledge $20 and be a part of the community, except a name on the webpage they won’t receive anything. If you want to receive a phone you need to pledge $600 today only, this is already sold out and closed. You can pledge $830 to receive the phone. If you pledge now you will receive the phone in May 2014.

Ubuntu Edge will run on both Ubuntu Touch and Android as a dual boot phone. It will be a beast with the proposed specifications, and you will be able to run it as a desktop equivalent by plugging it to a monitor. It will also receive regular updates, patches and apps according to the campaign page. It will use a fastest multi-core processor with atleast 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage, which is something we haven’t heard in a smartphone before.

It will feature a 4.5-inch screen at 720p resolution, and it uses Sapphire Crystal display which is stronger and second only to Diamond according to the campaign list. Now a days users are craving for a 1080p display, but Ubuntu thinks that 720p is more than enough for the display.